Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

In so many ways, and for understandable reasons, it had been unprepared to face such evil.

China-ASEAN relations have withstood the test of crises and disasters.

What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar?

Barely a week goes by without one or other public figure apologizing for a disaster of monumental proportions.